Lunch time, often

The answer

NOON

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOON answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NOON

Every other clue in this collection answered by NOON, most used first.

• Midday - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• High time? - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunch hour - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Time of day. - used 42 times, most recently in 2000
• Lunchtime - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Day divider - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• When shadows are shortest - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Palindromic time - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Twelve - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunch time - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• When both hands are up - used 25 times, most recently in 2017
• "High ___" - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Hands-up time - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Morning's end - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• When morning ends - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• 12 p.m. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunchtime, for many - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Lunch hour, for some - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Whistle time - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• 1200 hours - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Time for lunch - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Twelve sharp - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Highest point - used 11 times, most recently in 1987
• Lunchtime, often - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Cinematic showdown hour - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Common lunchtime - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Eight bells - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• "High" time of day - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mealtime. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Time. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
• 12:00 p.m. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Halfway to tomorrow - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• It comes before one - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• 12 - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Common lunch time - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Day time - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Midday hour - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Morning ender - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Twelve, half the time - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• When shadows are short - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Whistle hour - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Common lunch hour - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Factory whistle time - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Lunch time for many - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Palindromic time of day - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Showdown time - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Showdown time, in oaters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Twelve hours after midnight - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
• "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
• A long time - AGES, used 156 times
• "The Time Machine" race - ELOI, used 148 times
• "__ upon a time..." - ONCE, used 138 times

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